What is Useless?

What Does Useless Mean

In Latin it is where we can establish that the etymological origin of the useless term that we are now going to analyze is found. Specifically, it emanates from the word "inutilis", which can be translated as "that is useless" and is the result of adding the following lexical components:

-The prefix "in-", which means "no" or "without".

-The verb “uti”, which is synonymous with “to serve”.

-The suffix “-il”, which is used to indicate “possibility”.

That or that which is not useful is called useless . The useful, meanwhile, is associated with what it serves, is used or generates some benefit .
For example: "For the government, the strike announced by the union central is useless since it will not contribute to solving the economic problems and will only generate complications for the citizens" , "It is useless, as much as I try to forget what happened yesterday , that scene comes back to my mind over and over again ” , “ I was given a useless hair cutting machine that never worked properly ” .

Among the words that can function as synonyms for useless, we can highlight some such as ineffective, useless, unproductive, inoperative, sterile, fruitless, waste or waste. On the contrary, among its antonyms we find useful, productive, effective or serviceable.
A useless artifact or device does not provide any interesting features or does not serve its purpose . A guitar without strings , to mention one case, is a useless instrument: it cannot generate the sounds that a guitar should produce when played. Similarly, a car without wheels is also useless.
In the case of people , the subject who shows not having the capacity to carry out an activity is classified as useless . A man, in this framework, can define himself as useless for household chores since he does not know how to cook, iron or use the washing machine (the washing machine).
Flagging someone as useless, however, is often seen as assault . If a political leader affirms that the president of the nation is useless because, since he took office, he has not solved any social problem, many will indicate that he disrespected the president. This evaluation even goes beyond the thought that one has about the abilities of the ruler: the use of the adjective useless is rude and uncivilized.
In the literary field, we find works that use the term we are addressing in their titles. This would be the case of "The usefulness of the useless", which was published in 2013 and is written by Nuccio Ordine.
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of the work "The useless book", which is made by youtuber Alfie Deyes. Specifically, it is a compendium of different challenges that are ideal for wasting time in a way, at least, singular.

Likewise, we have to state that “El inutil” is a Colombian-born soap opera that was presented in 2001 and starred actors of the stature of Ruddy Rodríguez, Julián Arango and Víctor Mallariano.

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